Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-01
STRONG MOVEMENT AT wrLLovs.
THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS.
The Courts Must Decide Between The
People and the Bosses.

The Courts Must Decide Between The
People and the Bosses.
Yesterday the meeting OF the Fire Com
missioners called by President Gritfitts al
the Corporation House, was attended only
by himself. That called by Commissioner.
Slater and Conran was attended bv those
two, and the Secretary, Jackson. Mr.. Con
ran was able to sit up in bed and give hi.
assent to the short proceedings mapped
out, that of approving the minutes of the
former sick-room meeting, and allowing
the payroll and sundry bills for last month
Secretary Jackson had list of bills made
out to suit the occasion, and it was signed
We approve the demands as above set forth.
JOHN CoERAS,
JOHN F. SLATER,
Fire Commissioners.
Mr.. Conran presided at the meeting
Clerk Jackson took the payroll and certi-
he'd demands 10 the City Auditor with a re-
quest that he draw the demands. The lat,
ter did not comply, however, with Mr.
Jackson's demand, for President Grifitts
had enioined the Auditor from issuing
them. Mr.. Griffitts' attorneys are Hart
and Johnson. The complaint states that
the plaintiff is the President of the Board
OF Fire Commissioners, the other members
OF which are John Conran and J. +. Slater.
That the plaintiff is informed and believes
that on the 31st day OF August 1887, a
pretended special meeting of two members
OF said Board was held az the room of said
Conran, 1915 J street. and at said pretended
special meeting Conran and Slater were
present, but the plaintiff was not present ;
that said meeting was called by one Geo.
W. jackson, Secretary of said Board, with
out authority from plaintiff, and without
any authority from the said Board OF
Fire Commissioners given by any official
act of said Board as such or otherwise .
that plaintiff was not notified Of the inten-
ton to hold said meeting prior 10 the hold
ing thereof, nor has he at any time been
notified thereof, either in writing or other
wise, by the Board or its Secretary that at
said pretended meeting claims. bills
and accounts against said city
were presented and acted upon
by said Conran and Slater, aggregating
about s., coo, and audited and allowed, and
the same have been returned by the Secre-
tary of the Board to the defendant herein,
with view and for the purpose of having
the latter issue his warrants therefor
against the Treasurer of said city that the
defendant, as City Auditor, intends to and
will, unless restrained by the order of this
Court, issue his warrants in favor of the
persons holding such claims and sard
warrants, if so issued, will be paid by the
Treasurer out Of the funds belonging to
the city. Plaintiff AYERS that said pre-
tended special meeting was without any
authority 0! law, and that the proceedings
OF said Conran and Slater were wholly un-
authorized, illegal and void that said
meeting was not held in the office provided
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Fire Commissioners, but, on the contrary.
was held in the private bedroom of said
C0nran; no notice whatever was given o.
the holding Of said meeting 20 this plaintiff,
nor 10 any OF the members of said Board
to plaintiff S knowledge; he AYERS that the
regular meeting Of said Board was held
on the evening OF Angus. 30, 1887, at the
Office Of the Board, and said regular n Getting
was by the plaintiff, as President of the
Board, adjourned TO and until September
%, 1887 Plaintiff AYERS that, by reason OF
the failure of the members of said Board
and OF It's Secretary, to notify him of said
intended and pretended special meeting, he
was prevented from taking part in the pro-
ceedings thereof, and was prevented from
objecting TO such bills az he might have
thought to be illegal, and was thereby pre-
vented from voting upon the question as 10
whether said bills, or any Of them, should
be audited and allowed by said Board.
Plaintiff, for the reasons set forth above,
prayed for an injunction restraining the de-
PENDANT from issuing his warrant for any
of the claims or bills SO audited and allowed
By Conran and Slater, ard asked that upon
the final hearing of the cause, which will
probably be toward the middle or latter
part OF the month, the injunction be made
perpetual. Judge Van Fleet granted the
INJUNCTION, and the papers were served by
Sheriff Drew upon Auditor Mckee shortly
after I p NJ